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SPOTLIGHT

TERRORISM

How the Washington-Paris Connection Works

Although extra security measures on flights to the U.S. were due to be lifted on January 3, the French authorities decided during a meeting of the Secretariat General de la Defense Nationale (SGDN) to maintain them until the end of January. (...) [ 673 words ] [ €8 ]

Networks & organizations

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Political Intelligence

BAGHDAD
Reconstruction going well
	Known for its close links with the CIA and Pentagon as well as its remarkable talent for government lobbying, the Rendon Group (IOL 441/458) figures among the nine-member consortium which submitted a bid for a $98 million contract to rebuild the Iraqi Media Network. (...) [ 76 words ] [ €1,5 ]

HANOI
China Tattles on Local Rich
	The Vietnamese government has been in a tizzy for some months concerning a list of just over 150 names. (...) [ 460 words ] [ €5 ]

DECISION MAKERS

PARIS
Jean-Pierre Meyer
	Seconded to the Secretariat General de la Defense Nationale (SGDN) in October, general Jean-Pierre Meyer will become head of France's Comite Interministeriel du Renseignement (CIR) (Inter-Deparmental Intelligence Committee) on Jan. (...) [ 268 words ] [ €1,5 ]

WASHINGTON
William Langford
	A specialist in stamping out funding of terrorism, William Langford, has been named principal adviser to William Fox, head of FinCEN. (...) [ 108 words ] [ €1,5 ]

PROLIFERATION
Cracking Down on Suppliers
	The U.S. declared war on the suppliers of nuclear equipment long before Iran signed the additional TNP protocol on Dec. 18 and Libya subsequently announced it was abandoning its weapons of mass destruction program. (...) [ 281 words ] [ €5 ]

ORGANIZATIONS

PARIS
DST to Get Own Arrest Squad
	The French domestic intelligence agency Direction de la Surveillance du Territoire (DST) has secretly decided to set up a special unit to conduct armed operations. (...) [ 225 words ] [ €5 ]

PARIS
Changes at Top at DGSE
	Two top-line appointments at the French foreign intelligence service DGSE underline the government's determination to pay priority to analysis and planning at the agency instead of covert operations. (...) [ 337 words ] [ €5 ]

WASHINGTON
Improving Bandwidth Procurement
	The American military is increasingly leasing bandwidth services directly from commercial satellite operators because it finds the official process for bandwidth procurement introduced by the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) too slow and expensive. (...) [ 108 words ] [ €5 ]

MILITARY OPERATIONS
What British Learned from Iraq
	In keeping with its practice of assessing its military operations, Britain's Ministry of Defence (MoD) has just published an 86-page report entitled ? Operations in Iraq—Lessons for the Future.? (...) [ 156 words ] [ €5 ]

INTELLIGENCE
Japanese Doubts About Iraqi Allies
	As the first men from Japan's Air Self-Defense Force set foot in Kuwait and Qatar on Dec. 27, the Japanese government found itself preoccupied by the investigation into the murder of two of its diplomats in Iraq on Nov. 29. (...) [ 587 words ] [ €5 ]

LONDON
Where the Russians Do Business
	For roughly a year, a hotel named The Lanesborough near Hyde Park in London, which belongs to the St. (...) [ 136 words ] [ €1,5 ]

ANKARA
Erdogan Squares Off Against Generals
	In the wake of terrorist strikes on Nov. 15 and Nov. (...) [ 124 words ] [ €1,5 ]

PARIS
Dual Technology Awards
	Sponsored by the French armaments board Delegation Generale pour l'Armement (DGA), the Lazare Carnot prize is awarded every two years to encourage research into technology with dual application. (...) [ 94 words ] [ €1,5 ]

Agenda

LONDON, JANUARY 21-22
New Urban Warfare
	SMI is organizing a conference in London on Jan. 21-22 entitled ? (...) [ 113 words ] [ €1,5 ]

AMSTERDAM, FEB. 2-3
Business Intelligence Methods and Technologies
	The Gartner group is organizing the ?Gartner Business Intelligence Summit 2004? (...) [ 117 words ] [ €1,5 ]

SAN FRANCISCO, FEB. 23-27
Annual Encryption Conclave
	Security and encryption professionals will make their usual trek to San Francisco for this year's RSA Conference that will be held at the Moscone Center between Feb. (...) [ 117 words ] [ €1,5 ]

Business Intelligence and Lobbying

	PARIS
	Air france revamps security
		With airline security increasingly grabbing the headlines, Air France is re-thinking its entire system of safeguarding aircraft and passengers. (...) [ 84 words ] [ €1,5 ]

	BREMEN
	OHB, Small but Ambitious
		By thinking systematically out-of-the-box on both the technical and commercial levels the small German satellite firm OHB Technology has systematically caught its big space rivals by surprise. (...) [ 435 words ] [ €5 ]

FIRMS

WASHINGTON
Major Tie-Up between Civitas and Paladin
	A high-powered lobbying concern launched in July, Civitas Group, which specializes in the U.S. homeland security market (see detailed description in IOL 458), has announced that it has tightened its strategic ties with the investment firm Paladin Capital (see P. (...) [ 190 words ] [ €5 ]

BAGHDAD
Will Ex-CIA Men Hold Key to Iraq Contracts ?
	If one wants to win a contract for the reconstruction in Iraq one could hardly do better than approach a lobbying concern formed by former CIA operatives. (...) [ 405 words ] [ €5 ]

PARIS
Correction
	In response to our article concerning Aurelie Filippetti in the last issue of Intelligence Online (No. 466), the chairman of ADIT, Philippe Caduc, states ? (...) [ 103 words ] [ €5 ]

	PARIS
	Waiting for Juillet
		The administrative caution of a trio of state councillors appears to have carried the day over the political determination of French legislator Bernard Carayon. (...) [ 508 words ] [ €5 ]

DECISION MAKERS

WASHINGTON
Victoria (Torie) Clarke
	Spokesperson for the Defense Department before her resignation in June, Victoria Clarke will take up a job on Jan. (...) [ 217 words ] [ €1,5 ]

WASHINGTON
Robert Hutchings
	Shortly after he was named chairman of the National Intelligence Council a year ago, ambassador Robert Hutchings came up with an ambitious program, if ever there was one: (...) [ 154 words ] [ €1,5 ]

Influence Strategy

	WASHINGTON
	Groups Jump on Security Bandwagon
		The Department of Homeland Security's huge budget will start trickling down to private companies in 2004 but some of the firms have already been anticipating the bonanza for two years. (...) [ 422 words ] [ €5 ]

Risk Assesment

	PROLIFERATION
	The Wassenaar Group
		The Wassenaar Group that speaks for 33 countries that aim to control the export of conventional weapons as well as dual goods and technology decided at its latest meeting in Vienna to tighten controls on shoulder-launched anti-aircraft missiles (MANPADS). (...) [ 110 words ] [ €1,5 ]

	TERRORISM
	Vazir
		In a symbolic joint move, the U.S. and Saudi Arabian governments called on the United Nations on Dec. (...) [ 122 words ] [ €1,5 ]

	SURVEILLANCE
	Big Brother just keeps marching on
		Starting from Jan. 5, all foreigners who set foot in the United States must have their pictures taken and be finger-printed. (...) [ 95 words ] [ €1,5 ]